F Posterity, issue 14: "Neverending Love Affair"

I pretty much suck at drums, but my drummer Robby gave me the most rudimentary lesson about a month ago. Hit the snare with your left hand and keep the quarter notes with your right on the high hat. In moments when I should be working this month, I've been sitting at the drums and rocking it middle-school style.

And so this week I've thrown on my first attempt at recorded drums over "Neverending Love Affair". The song is subtitled "Apocalyptic Prophecy" because I'm really fond of that phrase, and it sort of contradicts the notion of any ongoing affair. I love the idea of a certain class of humans who can straight up see the future. They see it daily or hourly like we see a dayjob. And I've no doubt they doubt their own sanity while being desperate to communicate what they see.

The music of this song stretches back to late 2002. I never settled on the lyrics. Chad filmed a freestyled version of this song called "Wasted Melody" at the time, in which Zoe and I traded meaningless verses over the guitar. Last fall I tried to finish the song and came up with most of what's here now, and today I finished off one last verse. Just so's you can have it on schedule here today.

This F Posterity project is interesting because it's causing me to dig out many an unfinished song and polish it off. I don't think I'd bother if I weren't in the habit of doing this once a week.

Neverending Love Affair (apocalyptic prophecy)

Hey great, its the end of the world
Just as the world began to get good
To swim against the current
To self-make and self-demand

I could shrug this lame dystopia
And all of its vain ideals
For one love, an overdose of soma
Or a new band with mass appeal

I wish sometimes that I was prone to visions
Of apocalyptic prophecy
Then I wouldnt have to wonder what is and what isnt
What might and what ought to be

But even those are prone to misinterpretations
Of a crazy kind
And lose truth, like photocopied photocopies
Of the hundredth time

So what to do? So much to do
So little trust and time
To shred all of these photocopied conclusions
And daydream the daydream to make the whole world refine

I wish sometimes that I were prone to visions
Of apocalyptic prophecy
Then I wouldnt have to wonder what is and what isnt
What might and what ought to be

So whats the haps? I can hear the thunderclaps
Roll across the plains
And given one vision, I can just laugh off
The world going up in flames

And Ill sit back and watch the spokes of the sun
Filtering through her hair
Cause I feel fine about the politics of nations
Where we can settle back into a neverending love affair

Download mp3s below by right-clicking on the links.

F Posterity, 2006
52. F Posterity (Getzschman) - May 16, 2007
51. Crazy (Burton/Callaway/Reverberi/Reverberi) - May 9, 2007
50. Persistence of Regret (Getzschman/Ryan/Sahm) - May 2, 2007
49. Breakin' Plates (Getzschman/Ruthsatz) - April 26, 2007
48. Trio for Vocal, Metronome, Wurlitzer (Getzschman) - April 18, 2007
47. She Hates It When I'm Right (Getzschman) - April 11, 2007
46. Beat It (Jackson) - April 4, 2007
45. Mass Ave Strut (Getzschman) - March 28, 2007
44. Let's Fall Asleep Like This (Getzschman) - March 21, 2007
43. 2010 Ain't What They Said It Would Be (Getzschman) - March 14, 2007
42. Three Red Stars (Getzschman) - March 7, 2007
41. Birdhouse In Your Soul (Flansburgh/Linnell) - February 28, 2007
40. Everybody Thinks They're Self-Aware (Getzschman) - February 21, 2007
39. Hysterical Woman (Getzschman) - February 14, 2007
38. Hollaback Savior (Getzschman) - February 7, 2007
37. White Collar (old Philly dollar) (Getzschman) - January 31, 2007
36. Bottle of Blues (B. Hansen) - January 24, 2007
35. Ask Somebody (Getzschman) - January 17, 2007
34. All Time High Score (Getzschman) - January 10, 2007
33. Bury Me In My Jetpack (Getzschman) - January 3, 2007
32. Eggnogg Is The Liquor Of This Household (Getzschman) - December 27, 2006
31. Like Spinning Plates (T.Yorke/J.Greenwood) - December 20, 2006
30. Jack or Jesus (Getzschman/Peterson) - December 13, 2006
29. Runes (Getzschman) - December 6, 2006
28. We Leave Just Like We Come (Getzschman) - November 29, 2006
27. Shampoo! (Getzschman) - November 22, 2006
26. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Dylan) - November 15, 2006
25. Was That Seriously Your Plan? (Getzschman) - November 8, 2006
24. Understated Explosions (Getzschman) - November 1, 2006
23. Everything Sounds Better On Vinyl (Getzschman) - October 25, 2006
22. Take Heart (Getzschman) - October 18, 2006
21. Pigs (L. Freese, S. Reyes, L. Muggerud) - October 11, 2006
20. Upstart Casualties (Getzschman) - October 4, 2006
19. Troubling (Getzschman) - Sept 27, 2006
18. Tales of Woe (Getzschman/Getzschman/Booth) - Sept 20, 2006
17. Manual Labor Pains (Getzschman) - Sept 13, 2006
16. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Gibbard/Tamborello) - September 6, 2006
15. Postmodern Burlesque Review (Getzschman) - August 30, 2006
14. Neverending Love Affair (Getzschman) - August 23, 2006
13. Living On Credit (Getzschman) - August 16, 2006
12. Broke As A Muhfuh (Getzschman) - August 9, 20006
11. Josie (Becker/Fagan) - August 2, 2006
10. Cold Day at the Races (Getzschman) - July 26, 2006
9. Calaveras (Getzschman) - July 19, 2006
8. Narcissist Blues (Getzschman) - July 12, 2006
7. Advice to a Young Jedi (Getzschman) - July 5, 2006
6. God Only Knows (Wilson/Asher) - June 28, 2006
5. Miracle Hubcap (Getzschman) - June 21, 2006
4. A Paycheck Is All I Ask (Getzschman) - June 14, 2006
3. Halfway (Getzschman) - June 7, 2006
2. Summer Crazy (Getzschman) - May 31, 2006
1. Sunday Street (Van Ronk) - May 26, 2006